diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c352dc9dc..47944f0fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+- Add new sorting strategy: 'byLabel'.
 - Add spacing property for plot axis style structure.
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/apps/weblib/typeschema-api/config.yaml b/src/apps/weblib/typeschema-api/config.yaml
index 807e83cf5..0ba5df68d 100644
--- a/src/apps/weblib/typeschema-api/config.yaml
+++ b/src/apps/weblib/typeschema-api/config.yaml
@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ definitions:
                               appear in the data set.
                     - 'byValue': markers will be sorted by the corresponding measure (if present)
                     in decreasing order.
+                    - 'byLabel': markers will be sorted by the corresponding shown categories 
+                    (if present) in natural order (ASCII case-insensitive, space-insensitive 
+                    alphabetical order and numbers are compared by value).
                 type: string
-                enum: [none, byValue]
+                enum: [none, byValue, byLabel]
             reverse:
                 description: Reverts the order of the markers if set.
                 type: boolean
diff --git a/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.cpp b/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.cpp
index f8fd01901..c00bdfd64 100644
--- a/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "base/math/floating.h"
 #include "base/math/range.h"
 #include "base/refl/auto_enum.h"
+#include "base/text/naturalcmp.h"
 #include "chart/main/style.h"
 #include "chart/options/align.h"
 #include "chart/options/channel.h"
@@ -135,19 +136,40 @@ std::vector<PlotBuilder::BucketInfo> PlotBuilder::sortedBuckets(
 			    {},
 			    &BucketInfo::index);
 			if (it == sorted.end() || it->index != idx.itemId)
-				it = sorted.emplace(it, idx.itemId, 0.0);
+				it = sorted.emplace(it,
+				    idx.itemId,
+				    0.0,
+				    (marker.*buckets.marker_id_get).label
+				        ? &(marker.*buckets.marker_id_get)
+				               .label->value
+				        : nullptr);
 
 			it->size += marker.size.getCoord(
 			    !plot->getOptions()->getOrientation());
 		}
 
-	if (plot->getOptions()->getChannels().axisPropsAt(axisIndex).sort
-	    == Sort::byValue)
+	switch (plot->getOptions()
+	            ->getChannels()
+	            .axisPropsAt(axisIndex)
+	            .sort) {
+	case Sort::byValue:
 		std::ranges::stable_sort(sorted,
 		    [](const BucketInfo &lhs, const BucketInfo &rhs)
 		    {
 			    return Math::Floating::less(lhs.size, rhs.size);
 		    });
+		break;
+	case Sort::byLabel:
+		std::ranges::stable_sort(sorted,
+		    [](const BucketInfo &lhs, const BucketInfo &rhs)
+		    {
+			    if (rhs.label == nullptr || lhs.label == nullptr)
+				    return lhs.label != nullptr;
+			    return Text::NaturalCmp{}(*lhs.label, *rhs.label);
+		    });
+		break;
+	default: break;
+	}
 
 	if (plot->getOptions()
 	        ->getChannels()
@@ -440,10 +462,10 @@ void PlotBuilder::calcAxis(const Data::DataTable &dataTable,
 	}
 	else {
 		for (auto merge =
-		         plot->getOptions()->dimLabelIndex(+type) == 0
-		         && (type != plot->getOptions()->mainAxisType()
-		             || axisProps.sort != Sort::byValue
-		             || scale.dimensions().size() == 1);
+		         axisProps.sort == Sort::byLabel
+		         || (plot->getOptions()->dimLabelIndex(+type) == 0
+		             && (axisProps.sort == Sort::none
+		                 || scale.dimensions().size() == 1));
 		     const auto &marker : plot->markers) {
 			if (!marker.enabled) continue;
 
diff --git a/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.h b/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.h
index d25470425..15a6a924d 100644
--- a/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.h
+++ b/src/chart/generator/plotbuilder.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class PlotBuilder
 	{
 		std::size_t index{};
 		double size{};
+		const std::string *label{};
 	};
 
 	void initDimensionTrackers();
diff --git a/src/chart/options/sort.h b/src/chart/options/sort.h
index ebcd47056..57410a360 100644
--- a/src/chart/options/sort.h
+++ b/src/chart/options/sort.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 namespace Vizzu::Gen
 {
 
-enum class Sort : std::uint8_t { none, byValue };
+enum class Sort : std::uint8_t { none, byValue, byLabel };
 
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/fixes.json b/test/e2e/tests/fixes.json
index 90a3ab56d..80b24f4a4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/fixes.json
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/fixes.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 			"refs": ["00f01d9"]
 		},
 		"319": {
-			"refs": ["7991f1b"]
+			"refs": ["f237567"]
 		},
 		"320": {
 			"refs": ["e4b8a2f"]
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/fixes/319.mjs b/test/e2e/tests/fixes/319.mjs
index 3ba947e21..552784f93 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/fixes/319.mjs
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/fixes/319.mjs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ const testSteps = [
 				series: [
 					{
 						name: 'Foo',
-						values: ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Ted', 'Alice', 'Bob', 'Ted', 'Alice']
+						values: ['Ted', 'Alice', 'Bob', 'Ted', 'Alice', 'Bob', 'Ted']
 					},
 					{ name: 'Foo2', values: ['A', 'A', 'A', 'B', 'B', 'B', 'A'] },
 					{ name: 'Foo3', values: ['X', 'Y', 'Z', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'Y'] },
-					{ name: 'Bar', values: [15, 32, 12, 23, 41, 31, 1] }
+					{ name: 'Bar', values: [23, 32, 12, 15, 41, 31, 1] }
 				]
 			}
 		}),
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ const testSteps = [
 		}),
 	(chart) =>
 		chart.animate({
-			x: { sort: 'none' }
+			x: { set: ['Foo2', 'Foo'], labelLevel: 1, sort: 'byLabel' },
+			y: { reverse: true }
 		})
 ]
 
diff --git a/tools/ci/type/gen-presets.cjs b/tools/ci/type/gen-presets.cjs
index 4b24b5cd4..ae3bab1ab 100644
--- a/tools/ci/type/gen-presets.cjs
+++ b/tools/ci/type/gen-presets.cjs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function genSchema(presets) {
 					},
 					sort: {
 						type: 'string',
-						enum: ['none', 'byValue']
+						enum: ['none', 'byValue', 'byLabel']
 					}
 				}
 			}